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US 9,462,741 B2Granted
Floating manure agitator
AssigneePuck Custom Enterprises, Inc.
InventorBenny D. Puck
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Abstract
A floating manure agitator that floats on the surface of a manure lagoon and that may be remotely controlled to agitate manure supernatant into a slurry with sludge settling on the bottom of the lagoon. The agitator is provided with a plurality of fluid outputs, the direction of which may be controlled to motivate and steer the agitator. The outputs are angled to develop vortices of supernatant into the sludge to further mix the materials into a slurry.
Claims11
A floating slurry agitator comprising:
- (a) a floating vessel having a horizontal deck, the deck having a front having an opening therethrough, a rear, a first side, and a second side, wherein the first side is opposite the second side;
- (b) a power source provided on the vessel;
- (c) a slurry pump coupled to the power source;
- (d) a slurry intake coupled to the slurry pump;
- (e) a front slurry output coupled to the slurry pump, wherein the front slurry output is directed downward through said deck opening relative to the deck and wherein the front slurry output is pivotable in a plane generally perpendicular to said deck from a first position directed at least partially toward the first side of the deck to a second position directed at least partially toward the second side of the deck;
- (f) a rear slurry output coupled to the slurry pump
- (g) a pivot pipe pivotable coupled to the frame, wherein the pivot pipe is in fluid communication with the rear slurry output, wherein the rear slurry output is directed downward relative to the deck, and wherein the pivot pipe is sufficiently pivotable to direct the rear slurry output at least partially rearward;
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- (h) a steering control coupled to the front slurry output.
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A floating slurry agitator comprising:
- (a) a floating vessel having a horizontal deck, the deck having a front having an opening therethrough, a rear, a first side, and a second side, wherein the first side is opposite the second side;
- (b) a power source provided on the vessel;
- (c) a slurry pump coupled to the power source;
- (d) a slurry intake coupled to the slurry pump;
- (e) a front slurry output coupled to the slurry pump, wherein the front slurry output is directed downward through said deck opening relative to the deck and wherein the front slurry output is pivotable in a plane generally perpendicular to said deck from a first position directed at least partially toward the first side of the deck to a second position directed at least partially toward the second side of the deck;
- (f) a first rear slurry output coupled to the slurry pump;
- (g) a second rear slurry output coupled to the slurry pump;
- (h) a pivot pipe coupled to the frame, wherein the pivot pipe is in fluid communication with the first rear slurry output and the second rear slurry output;
- (i) wherein the first rear slurry output is directed downward and toward the first side of the deck;
- (j) wherein the second rear slurry output is directed downward and toward the second side of the deck;
- (k) wherein the pivot pipe is sufficiently pivotable to direct the first rear slurry output and the second rear slurry output at least partially rearward;
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- (l) a steering control coupled to the front slurry output.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.